Open Carry is a Whites Only Law

As the largest racial group, Whites commit the majority of crimes in America.

In particular, Whites are responsible for the vast majority of violent crimes. With respect to aggravated assault, Whites lead Blacks 2-1 in arrests; in forcible-rape cases, Whites lead all racial and ethnic groups by more than 2-1. And in larceny theft, Whites lead blacks, again, by more than 2-1.

In the United States, a White person is almost six times more likely to be killed by another White person than by a Black person, according to FBI homicide data. In 2011, there were more cases of Whites killing Whites than there were Blacks killing Blacks.

Most White people don’t kill White people. Yet media pundits have no problem using the phrase “Black on Black violence” despite the fact that most Black people don’t kill Black people.

When the news shows talk about gang-related deaths, they treat it as an almost exclusively Black problem. However, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, from 1980 to 2008, 53.3 percent of gang homicides were committed by White offenders, and the majority of gang homicide victims 56.5 percent were White.

Media and policymakers — on all parts of the spectrum — have been equally complicit in promoting a “Black-on-Black crime” anecdote, using incidents to “explain” the community’s problems.

It serves, in a practical sense, to justify and even mandate racial profiling, and promotes a disproportionate policing of Black criminality as “legitimate” and “acceptable.”

This over-policing has led to disproportionately higher rates of arrests in Black communities, reinforcing the idea that Blacks commit more crimes.

The media in general, and White American society in particular (read Yahoo News for details on this…), focus on crime perpetrated by African Americans because it serves as a way to explain away violence, prejudice, and institutionalized discrimination engendered for generations against Blacks.

If there had not been a limit on magazine capacity then Davey Crockett may have held out at the Alamo!

“We held guns instead of hands.”
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave

Ad, I don’t see why we have to allow anyone to carry automatic weapons. Those are military weapons and nobody needs one. Certainly not for hunting or target practice.

Great comment, AdLib,
There are several things that I wonder about when I read of these senseless killings.
1. The fact that gun control is out of control. States, usually Red states allow “open carry,” do not have background checks, and elected representatives do not have the political will to correct these foolish laws…not even to save the lives of children. Why is that?

2. I wonder about the mindset of these police officers, their training, their culture as authority figures, and if they undergo mental evaluations.

3. As well, I wonder what the ratio of blacks killing police officers vs whites killing police officers. I cannot find anything that would imply blacks killing police officers is so common place that the police have to react instantaneously when confronting blacks.

Well written article, and I have to also shout out to RSG music citing his concerns over the gun culture. We have all agreed that the NRA and other pro-gun lobbyists have needlessly ginned up the fear factor to boost gun sales and memberships and to make their lobbying efforts more effective. What is ironic is that now police officers must treat any interaction with the public as a potentially armed interaction.
This does not excuse any of these episodes of violence. However, it does explain why police officers have stopped treating citizens as citizens, but as felons–except for the nuts who are practicing open carry as a political statement–those people get treated with kid gloves, when they should be hauled off for psychiatric observation.
Part of the police training is the shouting of demands in order to keep the suspect disoriented and to test the po’s control over the situation. WTF did the cop expect when he yelled at the guy to get his licence? The guy was either going to reach in his back pocket or into the car, either motion would seemingly have gotten him shot.
I am dismayed, I have no answer. .

There is no American above the age of fifty who has any reason to be surprised. One of Richard Pryor’s bits on his 1974 album THAT N****ER’S CRAZY was about being pulled over and cavity-searched while on a date. Another was relating to the police (white vs black). Things didn’t change much in the 40 years since the album was released.

And perhaps they never changed at all. Yes, we have a president who’s black, but fully as put upon by threats and disparagement as Jackie Robinson was when he went pro in the 1940’s. And now we have pictures of the way police behave with people of color. Rodney King’s beating went ‘viral’ on network news 22 years ago, but my guess is the LAPD still behave this way and get away with it. Can we at least start to work on common ground here? My lefty friends are appalled by the militarization of the cops–can that be folded into a larger demand for genuine policing instead of police behaving as an army of occupation?

Where does all of this come from? How have we arrived at this point in this nation? When will we begin to face the facts about this nation, this government, the people who live here etc. Noam Chomsky sums it up very well IMHO.

I think that the 911 caller should be charged with Hate Crime and Murder. This might cause people to pause a moment before panicking and making wild allegations. At least he or she should be charged with incitement to violence or giving false information to police .

And since when does a person chatting on a mobile phone constitute such an imminent danger to life that he needs to be gunned down in seconds?

Oh, silly me, I forgot the justification – he was black.

“Whenever I see a white person that looks wealthy in a rich neighborhood I stop and frisk them.

Because I suspect they must be a white collar criminal.”
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave

How does anyone begin to tackle this subject? We all of us in America, and most people around the world have bought into this thing called racism. It has allowed some to be born with privilege while others are born into a life of strife. Racism is a mental illness, and it has been passed down from generation to generation, it is not a natural occurrence. We, many of us when we see incidents like those you have spoken about become outraged, begin to wonder why, start having feelings of concern for the African American population and human beings in general. Those feelings don’t last, and often those feelings are not genuine. I for instance have known many “friends” who have been what a friend should be until an incident concerning race takes place. Generally those friends with lighter skin begin to form their group and agree on an opinion, those with darker skin begin to form their group and opinion, and those in the middle are left trying to decide which group they should side with. This is an illness, this is something that has been taught through our schools, our media, our churches, and all of the supposedly “good, well meaning” organizations throughout our lives. We need to begin with the new generations, our children by allowing them to see punishment for racist behavior present and past. If we don’t do that we can forget ever trying to right the wrongs of the past, and we can also forget ever being mentally and emotionally healthy in the future.

I like this video about race in America so if you are interested, watch it and tell me what you think:

Until we right the wrongs that have been prevalent in this nation since the writing of the constitution we will never see a difference. I do know that there is an old saying “What goes around comes around.” A rough definition for this is the following:

What(ever) goes around, comes around.
Prov. The results of things that one has done will someday have an effect on the person who started the events. So he finally gets to see the results of his activities. What goes around, comes around. Now he is the victim of his own policies. Whatever goes around comes around.

I hope those that are perpetuating this inhumane behavior for wealth, for privilege, for evilness or whatever the reason will soon reap the whirlwind.

Major hit here, no pun intended. When I was campaigning door to door to President Obama second term, we were in a rather white neighborhood where the majority of lawn signs were for MittRobme but there were also, some for Obama.We always gather in 3/4 and never, ever alone. I knocked at a guy’s door wearing the pin et al and the guy threatened us to shoot us all for voting the n*****r in…
It is very very sad…..and why do these “men” (SIC) are so in love and love to show off their scary guns? Is it a Freudian projection on the southern hemisphere? And yes we were all white so nobody got shot.How can the DA not take these criminals to trial?????Sharing.BTW Home Depot close to my house, decided for a non open carry policy.I have never been to any store, anywhere in the globe, where I could see any gun nut , insane sociopath showing off their “manhood”.(SIC)

Thank you, AdLib. Nothing in America is safe for Black people anymore. Not walking down the street, driving, nothing.

Only way white people ever get this horrific treatment is if they’re homeless or with a person of color.

Past time the outrage stops, but it will take us ALL speaking in protest. And trust me as one who has ‘been there’ – it won’t be safe to do so. White doesn’t protect you when it’s in advocacy for those already targeted by the police and the haters. But if we don’t have the courage of the Freedom Riders, those who registered Black people to vote, those who stood up to the KKK and other groups, this nation and our democracy won’t be worth a bucket of warm spit.